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April's games arrived with both feet in the door in another month full of major releases for the main consoles. The new exclusive from Sony, Stellar Blade, arrives this month promising to be a frantic mix between Never Automata e Bayonetta, While Tales of Kenzara: Kau is the new release of EA under the seal Originals and take you to a beautiful and dangerous land in a new Metroidvania. Furthermore, the month promises to please Akira Toriyama fans with the launch of the game based on one of his works, SAND LAND.
Check out all the games coming in April 2024 below to PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo.
Minishoot' Adventures
Platforms: PC | Release date: April 2nd
Minishoot' Adventures it's a game of the genre shoot 'em up (or popularly known in Brazil as navinha game) where players take control of a ship in a hand-drawn world. The game combines beautiful aesthetics with fluid gameplay, challenging players to face enemies and bosses in intense battles in the style of bullet hell. In addition to the frenetic action, Minishoot' Adventures offers elements of progression and customization. Players can improve their ship through the leveling system, find various items and purchase equipment. Rescuing imprisoned friends is also a key part of the adventure, as each character offers unique abilities and assistance.
The story unfolds in a scenario where the villain's minions emerged from the underworld, destroying the protagonist's village and imprisoning his friends in corrupted crystals. The goal is to embark on a journey to save the world, exploring lush caves, ancient temples and sunken cities, each filled with unique treasures, challenges and secrets.
Botany Manor
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X and Nintendo Switch | Release date: April 9th
Em Botany Manor, players take on the role of Arabella Greene, a retired botanist, in a puzzle and exploration adventure set in the 19th century. Set in a historic English mansion and its gardens, the game offers a relaxing atmosphere, inviting players to explore each room and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the British countryside. The mansion, full of details and interactive items, serves as a challenging setting for the puzzles that players will face.
The challenges in Botany Manor They are presented in the form of plants that need to be cultivated and placed in the correct environments. Players must find seeds, plant them and determine the ideal habitat for each plant, which requires creativity and observation. Solving the puzzles is aided by collecting information found in botanical posters, newspapers, letters, paintings and postcards scattered throughout the mansion. As players progress, they learn more about Arabella's life and career, as well as the challenges she faced as a woman in science.
Children of the Sun.
Platforms: PC | Release date: April 9nd
Children of the Sun. is a tactical third-person puzzle shooter that immerses players in a dark story of revenge. As a character driven mad with rage, players wage a solitary war against a mysterious cult, seeking to slaughter its members one by one until reaching the leader. Along the journey, players discover the dark truth behind this order and the atrocities committed in their master's name.
The core mechanics of Children of the Sun. It is unique and challenging. Players control a single bullet, guiding it through complex and challenging levels where every shot counts. Precision and tactics are essential, allowing players to change aim at the last moment, bypass obstacles and accelerate through armor, making each shot meaningful and rewarding.
Europe
Platforms: PC | Release date: April 16nd
Europe is an immersive adventure set on the moon Europa, a terraformed paradise orbiting Jupiter. Players take on the role of Zee, an android searching for answers amid the stunning and mysterious landscapes of this distant world. Gameplay is focused on peaceful exploration, meditation and solving mysteries, as players improve the capabilities of their Zephyr jetpack, allowing them to fly freely through the sky and explore lakes, prairies and mountains among the remains of a lost civilization.
With free movement that allows you to glide serenely from one boost to the next, players can generate energy and strength over time, discovering hidden secrets, solving puzzles and navigating dangers hidden in the ruins of an ancient utopia. Furthermore, Europa presents an intimate narrative that addresses themes of growth and humanity's relationship with nature.
Grounded
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X and Nintendo Switch | Release date: April 16
announced during the Nintendo Direct of February, Grounded do Xbox Games Studios enough for Nintendo Switch e PlayStation among the April games. The game is in the open world adventure and survival genre and was developed by Obsidian Entertainment. In Grounded, players are shrunk to the size of insects and find themselves exploring a vast, detailed backyard, facing the challenges and dangers this new miniature world presents. Players must collect resources, build shelters, and fight giant insects such as spiders and ants while trying to figure out a way to return to their normal size.
The game offers a cooperative multiplayer experience, allowing players to work together to survive and thrive in the harsh backyard environment. Furthermore, Grounded features character customization elements, crafting of equipment and the possibility of exploring different biomes, such as lakes, caves and areas covered with vegetation.
Life Eater
Platforms: PC | Release date: April 16nd
Life Eater It's not a game for everyone. The game is a kidnapping simulator that combines elements of fantasy and horror, putting players in the role of a modern druid living in suburbia. In this game, players must balance their everyday lives with their true calling: conducting an annual ritual to prevent the end of the world. To do this, they must sacrifice specific human beings, whose stories and identities are vaguely described and the player's objective is to discover a little more about that person.
Players need to investigate the most intimate details of their targets' routine and kidnap them at the right time, before authorities discover their captivity. With limited time and an extensive list of names, players must make careful and strategic choices to ensure the success of their rituals. The game features an innovative timeline interface, allowing players to explore victims' stories in a unique way, as well as offering a mix of authored and generated stories for increased replayability.
Kingsgrave
Platforms: PC | Release date: April 17nd
Kingsgrave is an adventure and strategy game that puts players in the role of a monarch tasked with saving his kingdom from a terrible disease and an invasion of monsters. Waking from a long sleep, players find a kingdom in ruins, with desolate lands, missing subjects, and shadowy creatures roaming free. The player's mission is to restore the kingdom, reunite lost subjects, and defeat the forces of darkness to lead the people to prosperity.
To achieve this goal, players must collect resources, build houses, and defeat enemies to unlock new abilities and strengthen their power as a monarch. Furthermore, they need to face and destroy the plague creatures, improve their combat skills and obtain powerful equipment to face formidable adversaries and clean up the wastelands.
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X and Nintendo Switch | Release date: April 23
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is an RPG that takes place in the world of Allraan, a territory made up of different nations with different cultures and values. The continent's history has been shaped by the strength of the sword and the use of magical objects called rune lenses, which amplify magic and have played a crucial role in alliances and conflicts between humans, beastmen, elves, and desert dwellers.
The game focuses on the rise of the Galdean Empire, which, after defeating other nations, discovers technology capable of further amplifying the power of runic lenses. The Empire embarks on a quest across the continent in search of a mysterious artifact that could increase its dominance and influence. The big difference between Eiyuden Chronicle is the fact that the game has 100 playable characters that you will control across a war-torn world.
Lunar Lander Beyond
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5 and Nintendo Switch | Release date: April 23
Lunar Lander Beyond is a space exploration game in which players take on the role of a newly appointed captain of the Pegasus corporation. In this game, players must guide a diverse team of pilots, advisors, and transporters through a series of intricate missions involving delivering cargo, recovering resources, and rescuing pilots lost in a universe filled with mysterious moons and planets. Maintaining the flow of the interplanetary economy is crucial, and the decisions made by the player have a direct impact on the well-being and sanity of the pilots.
Tales of Kenzera: Zau
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series S|X and Nintendo Switch | Release date: April 23
Tales of Zenzera: ZAU is a 2D metroidvania that immerses players in a Bantu tale filled with mythology, magic and emotion. Under the EA Originals seal, the game's story revolves around Zau, a young shaman who is mourning the loss of his father and seeks to bring his spirit back from darkness. Embarking on this journey, players will explore the beautiful and dangerous lands of Kenzera, a region that was once vibrant but is now infested with lost ancestral spirits.
Another Crab's Treasure
Platforms: PC, PS5, Xbox Series S|X and Nintendo Switch | Release date: April 25
Have you ever imagined a Dark Souls of crab? That's it Another Crab's Treasure. This game is a unique and challenging adventure that takes place in a decaying and polluted underwater world. In the game, players take control of Kril, a hermit crab determined to recover his pawned shell. To survive the dangers of the ocean and attacks from larger enemies, Kril must improvise and build a shell using the resources available around him. One of the game's distinguishing features is the way it incorporates the theme of trash as a central element of the gameplay.
Demon Slayer – Kimetsu no Yaiba: Sweep the Board
Platforms: Nintendo Switch | Release date: April 25th
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! is a board game for Nintendo Switch based on the popular anime Demon Slayer: Kimetsu from Yaiba. Designed for up to four players, the game offers a fun experience full of events, minigames and action, as if it were a real game. Mario Party from the world of anime.
In the game, players have the opportunity to become the greatest Demon Hunter swordsman by exploring iconic locations from the anime such as Mount Fujikasane and Asakusa. The game board is dynamic, changing between day and night versions. During the day, players must prepare for the night by participating in events and minigames, while at night, they face demons in combat that makes creative use of joy-cons of the Nintendo console..
SAND LAND
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X | Release date: April 26th
SAND LAND is an action RPG that transports players to a mysterious desert world where water scarcity is a constant threat to both humans and demons. At the center of this story is the Prince of Demons, Beelzebub, accompanied by his partner Thief and the fearless sheriff Rao. Together, they embark on a journey in search of a Legendary Lake hidden in the desert.
Created by Akira Toriyama, the world of SAND LAND is full of charismatic characters, stunning landscapes and challenges. To move around these locations, players must use strategic thinking and creativity to develop tanks and other vehicles that will help them navigate the desert. With a wide variety of part combinations available, players can customize their vehicles to adapt to the different conditions and challenges encountered along the way.
TopSpin 2K25
Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X | Release date: April 26th
TopSpin 2K25 offers players an authentic tennis experience, allowing them to enter the world of professional tennis and face the sport's biggest challenges. As a rising professional player, players will have the opportunity to travel the world and compete in some of the most prestigious tournaments and iconic locations on the tennis circuit in the mode MyCAREER. In this mode, players can experience the excitement and pressure of competing in tournaments such as Wimbledon, Roland-Garros, US Open and Australian Open, facing the biggest names in tennis and fighting for the top of the world rankings.
The new version of TopSpin offers a variety of game modes and options for players to choose from. They can play as tennis legends, such as Roger Federer and Serena Williams, reliving great moments from their careers, or choose to play as current stars, such as Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek. With more than 24 playable athletes available, you can show off your skills and compete against other players locally or online, making it one of the most complete tennis franchises available today.
Stellar Blade
Platforms: PS5 | Release date: April 26th
Lastly, Stellar Blade is an action RPG exclusive to PlayStation 5, which transports players to a distant future where Earth has been ravaged by powerful and mysterious creatures known as Naytibas. Humanity, now reduced to survivors, has found refuge in a colony in outer space, while Earth remains a distant memory of what it once was. In the game, players take on the role of EVE, a courageous member of the 7th Air Squadron, who returns to the desolate ruins of Earth with a dangerous and urgent mission: defeat the Naytibas and reclaim the planet to save humanity.
Inspired by modern action classics like Bayonetta e NieR, Stellar Blade It features precise and electrifying gameplay, with intense combat that will test both your strength and intelligence. As EVE battles the Naytibas, players will have to utilize their skills, strategies, and quick reflexes to overcome powerful enemies and epic bosses.
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Source: Backloggd, Metacritic, Opencritic.
Text proofread by: Pedro Bomfim
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